On 18 October last year, the Gates Foundation, the World
Economic Forum and the John Hopkins Centre for Health Security held
a pandemic simulation exercise, with the aim of "educating
senior leaders" about an adequate response to the type of
crisis the planet is currently in the grips of.
The simulation was called Event 201.
Fifteen participants took part in a mock pandemic emergency board.
This included representatives from the UN Foundation, the Chinese
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Johnson & Johnson,
Lufthansa and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Representing Australia was ANZ board member Jane
Halton, who incidentally has been appointed
to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission by Scott Morrison.
The NCCC is a local body of corporate representatives designed to
coordinate the economy during the very real COVID-19 crisis.
